Robber who stole iphone in broad daylight was jailed

On February 10, People’s Court of Phan Thiet City, province Binh Thuan recently held a trial for the case of Robbery and robbery against defendant Nguyen Thanh Tam, SN 1995, living in neighborhood 11, Phu Thuy ward, Phan Thiet city.

According to the indictment, at around 5:00 p.m. on March 10, 2022, defendant Tam drove a motorcycle with license plates 86C1 – 810.83 carrying Kiet (whose identity is unknown) to circulate at the intersection of Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street in the neighborhood. 1, Ham Tien Ward, Phan Thiet City.

At this time, Kiet saw Ms. Bui Thi Minh Tu walking on the street, in Tu’s hand holding a yellow iphone 11, so Kiet said Tam turned back to snatch the mobile phone.

Next, Tam controlled the motorbike to turn around, close to the left in the direction of Tu, Kiet used his right hand to snatch the yellow iphone 11 that Tu was holding in his hand, then Tam increased the gas quickly and left. Run in the direction of Phu Hai ward to escape.

After snatching the phone, Tam and Kiet brought it to Hung Thinh phone shop to sell it for 3 million dong. After selling the phone, Tam and Kiet shared 1,500,000 VND each to spend.

The trial panel said that defendant Nguyen Thanh Tam’s behavior was dangerous to society, directly infringed upon the lawful ownership of other people’s property, causing loss of life. security at the local level, it is necessary to strictly handle it as a deterrent, education and general crime prevention.

Before that, in 2012, defendant Nguyen Thanh Tam was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the People’s Court of Phan Thiet City for harboring and consuming property acquired by other people. In 2016, defendant Tam was sentenced to 3 years in prison for illegal possession of narcotics.

Defendant Nguyen Thanh Tam, who has been convicted but has not yet had his criminal record cleared, continues to commit crimes with intentional error in the case of recidivism which is an aggravating circumstance for penal liability.

However, at the trial, defendant Tam sincerely declared, so the mitigating circumstances of criminal liability should be applied.

For the subject named Kiet and defendant Tam who performed the act of robbery, because the identity of Kiet has not been identified and the testimony of Kiet has not been obtained, the investigating agency has decided to separate the case to continue and verify. , clarification and post-processing.

As for the owner of Hung Thinh phone shop, Mrs. Nguyen Thi La, she bought Tam’s phone, but because she didn’t know it was the property of Tam’s crime, the investigation agency did not consider handling criminal responsibility. .

From the above circumstances, the People’s Court of Phan Thiet City sentenced defendant Nguyen Thanh Tam to 4 years in prison for robbery.